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This article presents results of a qualitative analysis based on biographic narratives of three young, well-
educated women from Syria. They arrived in the Netherlands between 2015 and 2017 in the context of
family reunion. The central question is how young Syrian women navigate between two major projects
that ask for their agency, being family and work. It is argued that both occupational career development
and the building of a family are ‘agentic projects’ that aim to contribute to the establishment of a new life
and to regain continuity. The analyses demonstrate that both projects are closely intertwined. Agency
emerges as highly relational and intersecting with the women’s position in the life course, timing of life
events, ability to adapt career goals to the new situation, and impact of social contexts on family rela-
tions.